DbSNP 144 and GenBank

The National Center for Biotechnology Information said this week that human, chicken, soybean, and horse data from dbSNP build 144 is now available from the integrated NCBI Entrez system and via ftp. Additional details are available here.

The NCBI has also made two complete MERS coronavirus genomes from strains in China and South Korea available in GenBank. Additional details are available here.